SYBX vs. MEIP, LSTA, TXMD, LUMO, BFRG, BIOR, CPIX, INDP, ONCT, and ONTX
Should you be buying Synlogic stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Synlogic include MEI Pharma (MEIP), Lisata Therapeutics (LSTA), TherapeuticsMD (TXMD), Lumos Pharma (LUMO), Bullfrog AI (BFRG), Biora Therapeutics (BIOR), Cumberland Pharmaceuticals (CPIX), Indaptus Therapeutics (INDP), Oncternal Therapeutics (ONCT), and Onconova Therapeutics (ONTX). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.
MEI Pharma (NASDAQ:MEIP) and Synlogic (NASDAQ:SYBX) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
MEI Pharma has a net margin of 39.06% compared to MEI Pharma's net margin of -1,699.23%. Synlogic's return on equity of 39.72% beat MEI Pharma's return on equity.
MEI Pharma currently has a consensus price target of $7.00, suggesting a potential upside of 129.51%. Synlogic has a consensus price target of $65.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3,375.94%. Given MEI Pharma's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Synlogic is more favorable than MEI Pharma.
52.4% of MEI Pharma shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.4% of Synlogic shares are held by institutional investors. 3.9% of MEI Pharma shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.0% of Synlogic shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
MEI Pharma has higher revenue and earnings than Synlogic. Synlogic is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MEI Pharma, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, MEI Pharma had 1 more articles in the media than Synlogic. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for MEI Pharma and 0 mentions for Synlogic. MEI Pharma's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Synlogic's score of -0.50 indicating that Synlogic is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
MEI Pharma received 42 more outperform votes than Synlogic when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.54% of users gave Synlogic an outperform vote while only 60.55% of users gave MEI Pharma an outperform vote.
MEI Pharma has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Synlogic has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
MEI Pharma and Synlogic tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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